Abel
Towne
Page
Born in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Page
and Mary (Towne) Page
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Zilpha A. (Barnes) Page
— married
29 Oct 1809 in Rutland, Vermont, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Loraine Z. (Page) Richmond, Eleanor Sophia (Page) Bacon, Abel Towne Page and Aaron Barnes Page
Died
at age 69
in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2014
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Biography
He was a church deacon at Westminister Presbyterian Church. He is credited with being the first nurseryman in the valley & he provided fruits & vegetables to the settlers. Abel & his wife, Zilpha had three children & one of his daughters, Loraine married William Almy Richmond.
This monument is made of cast iron & was produced by the American White Bronze Co in Chicago, Illinois. They were produced around the turn of the century as a less expensive form of memorialization. Another advantage was that information could be added to a panel without removing the entire marker from the cemetery.
Children:
Sources
- “New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPM-JBP : 8 April 2020), Samuel Page in entry for Abel Page, 30 Jan 1785; citing Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,028.
- "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFT-D2X : 14 April 2020), Abel Page and Zilpha Barns, 1809.
- “Vermont Marriages, 1791-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8R8-NJ2 : 28 January 2020), Abel Page, 1809.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8N-XNC : 4 April 2020), Abel Page, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing family 540, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave: Memorial #29216614
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The monument in the Fulton Street Cemetery is not made of cast iron but of zinc, popularly known at the time as "white bronze." Portraits of both Abel and Zilpha are preserved in the collections of the Grand Rapids Public Museum.(Ref. # 1985.17.19&20) They were painted around 1820 in Rutland, VT by an artist with the last name of Tuttle. For a digital image of Zilpha's portrait go to https://www.grpmcollections.org/Detail/objects/36580. For Abel Page, go to https://www.grpmcollections.org/Detail/objects/36581.